Forestry Statistics 2011 - International Forestry

Carbon stocks in forest biomass

From 1990 to 2010, carbon in forest living biomass decreased in South America and Africa, where forest areas decreased. Carbon stocks in biomass also declined slightly in Asia, where carbon sequestered in new plantations is not yet able to balance out carbon losses from areas of deforestation. Carbon stocks in biomass increased in Europe and North & Central America.